ifplugd

[Vladimir Dronnikov]

2009/4/29 Vladimir Dronnikov <dronnikov at gmail.com>:
> ifplugd works fine for wired interfaces. However, when I try to cope
> with wireless interface (iwl3945 module):
>
> # ifplugd -i wlan -nsIM
>
> it bails out saying it "can't set interface flags: Operation not
> supported". Adding -m wlan to force wireless mode doesn't help.
> Can anyone report success?
>

The bug was in that the firmware for iwl3945 module was not loaded --
the traces have led me to mdev: we mangle device path in
make_device(), and then firmware loader uses the wrong path.

Attached patch fixes the issue.

Denys, please, consider applying.

--
Vladimir
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